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Reader's Digest Brochure, Living With Metrics

Object Details

Description
In 1978, in order to assist Americans adjusting to the introduction of the metric system, the editors of the magazine Reader’s Digest in Pleasantville, New York, published this 48-page illustrated paper pamphlet for consumers. It describes the interrelationships among metric units and ways to estimate them.
Further discussion considers the role of metric units in grocery shopping and cooking, home design and care, meteorology, sports, gardening, health care, and transportation.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
date made
1978
Credit Line
Gift of Elton L. Howe
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 20.5 cm x 13.2 cm x .5 cm; 8 1/16 in x 5 3/16 in x 3/16 in
Object Name
pamphlet

Featured In

  • 1978: A Year in the Collections
  • Metric System Demonstration Apparatus:Reforms 1971-1990
Pamphlet - Living with Metrics
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